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That's a bad example. Haggans started off the season with a sack in the first 3 games. Then got hurt and Harrison came in and played well. Again, that was just 1 year and the Steelers ended up winning the Superbowl that year

It is a GREAT example showing that your "it was not Harrison's natural position" reasoning is not valid. Harrison has a skillset that is suitable for either side. He excelled in either role. There was an opening on the right when Porter departed, so Harrison started opposite Haggins who remained on the left side. Had Haggins left and Porter remained, Harrison would have been on the left. When Woodley (who is definitely a left side ONLY guy) replaced Haggins a year later versatile Harrison stayed on the right.

BC (who I like BTW) did not start Harrison because he underestimated his ability.

My point is not to bash BC but to show that ALL coaches sometimes underestimate players.

Dont like THAT linebacker example?

How bout Mike Vrabel who languished on our bench until he because a key figure on those Pats championship teams?

It is a GREAT example showing that your "it was not Harrison's natural position" reasoning is not valid. Harrison has a skillset that is suitable for either side. He excelled in either role. There was an opening on the right when Porter departed, so Harrison started opposite Haggins who remained on the left side. Had Haggins left and Porter remained, Harrison would have been on the left. When Woodley (who is definitely a left side ONLY guy) replaced Haggins a year later versatile Harrison stayed on the right.

BC (who I like BTW) did not start Harrison because he underestimated his ability.

My point is not to bash BC but to show that ALL coaches sometimes underestimate players.

Dont like THAT linebacker example?

How bout Mike Vrabel who languished on our bench until he because a key figure on those Pats championship teams?

Vrabel was probably Cowher's biggest miss in evaluation, and he is the only guy I can think of who did not play with the Steelers and went on to excel elsewhere.

As for Harrison, he was underestimated by everybody. No way the Steelers would have spent their first 2 picks on guys originally projected as OLBers if the FO and coaching staff believed that Harrison was the guy for the job.

Vrabel was probably Cowher's biggest miss in evaluation, and he is the only guy I can think of who did not play with the Steelers and went on to excel elsewhere.

As for Harrison, he was underestimated by everybody. No way the Steelers would have spent their first 2 picks on guys originally projected as OLBers if the FO and coaching staff believed that Harrison was the guy for the job.

While true my point to Sid who lays all evaluation blame on the head coach, if you are going to do that, you gotta do that with misses like Harrison during the Cowher era too.

While he did draft 2 linebackers, Tomlin certainly had no basis for confidence that Harrison could replace Porter based on seeing how BC used him.